Couldn’t be happier with our stay at Pupe’s House. Chinatown is a wonderfully vibrant neighborhood and the house is only minutes from the main area (and the subway) yet on a really quiet street. The street itself has its own emerging scene of hip bars and cute cafes. Most you won’t even realize are there until they opened at night. The house itself is situated above a bar/cafe such that you will have to walk through the cafe into the back to access the stairs to your room. At night or early morning the cafe will be closed so you will need to open/close the sliding security gate and close it behind you. This was fine for us but may be hard for a person on their own or anyone who is intimidated by dealing with locking up a shop front. Pupe provided excellent instructions on how to deal with entering or leaving when the cafe was closed. The stairs to the apartment are steep and narrow. We only had backpacks but it could be troublesome if you had to bring large suitcases up. There is also a narrow staircase that separates the bathroom area from the lofted bedroom. There is a bedroom on the bathroom level as well but we only used the upper bedroom during our stay. The air conditioner is really strong so don’t ever worry about being hot during your stay. If you want to feel immersed in Bangkok life and want to explore Chinatown this is definitely the place to stay. Just be prepared for having to deal with opening up a shop front and narrow stairs.